Dollar and US Treasury yields fell as concerns grew over the sustainability of a debt‑financed AI investment boom. JEFFERIES economist Mohit Kumar projects the US will invest the equivalent of 2.5–3% of GDP in capital expenditure and AI infrastructure over the next three years, a scale larger than any prior US infrastructure expansion. He warns that a slowdown in AI infrastructure buildout would materially affect suppliers and broader US economic activity.

EMSC reports a magnitude-7.0 earthquake on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

Syria's state oil company said on the 15th (local time) a gas pipeline in northeast Syria was attacked and exploded and caught fire, the fourth such incident in weeks. The company said the Jbeisa gas export pipeline in al-Hasakah province's al-Arabidi area exploded at 17:15 local time; the blast occurred about 60 km from Shaddadi. The statement gave no cause. Technicians closed valves at the Jbeisa gas treatment plant and at the Deir ez-Zor gas facility to isolate the damaged section; fire and security teams were dispatched. The extent of damage and any impact on gas supplies remain unclear.